Just in time for its 10th anniversary, globeandmail.com has won two EPpy awards, beating out well-respected competitors such as WashingtonPost.com and MercuryNews.com.
The Globe and Mail’s website nabbed the title of the Best Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site with more than one million unique monthly visitors, besting top American news engines NYdailynews.com, DenverPost.com and the San Jose Mercury’s MercuryNews.com.
Behind The Veil, The Globe’s in-depth multimedia series on the plight of women in Kandahar, claimed the category of Best Web Special Feature – Enterprise, with more than million unique monthly visitors.
Reported by The Globe’s Jessica Leeder with photography by Paula Lerner, and produced by Christopher Manza and Jayson Taylor over the course of five weeks, with the help of a videographer and local translators, the piece wove together a tale of women suffering and prevailing under the Taliban. It came out on top of features by CNN.com, WashingtonPost.com, NBC.com, NewsWeek.com and USA Today.
The EPpy Best Media awards, delivered by news industry periodical Editor & Publisher, are considered the highest honour for media-affiliated websites and blogs. While it’s a first-time win for best website, The Globe won an EPpy in 2009 for its feature Talking To the Taliban.
“These awards affirm what millions of online readers tell us every week, that globeandmail.com is one of the world’s leading newspaper websites,” said Globe and Mail editor-in-chief John Stackhouse. “Especially this week, as it marks its 10th anniversary, it deserves to be celebrated as a Canadian pioneer, the home of unique and outstanding journalism and a site that is now seen globally as a standard-setter in digital media.”
Adds globeandmail.com editor Kenny Yum: “We are proud to be honoured by our peers. Behind the Veil was an outstanding Globe project. The journalism was powerful and the way we told that series highlights what is possible in innovative story telling.”
"A lot of very talented and innovative people have worked very hard over the years to create what is not only a leading Canadian news site but one of the elite sites in the English-speaking world," said Angus Frame, vice-president of digital. "The recognition today is a rewarding confirmation that globeandmail.com has truly grown up to become a leader in its field."
The top winners included National Public Radio’s NPR.com and Las Vegas-based Greenspun Media Group, including its flagship Las Vegas Sun, which won four each.
This year’s winners were announced Thursday by Editor & Publisher at its Interactive Media Conference in Las Vegas.
The Globe and Mail’s website will celebrate 10 years of delivering Canada’s national news online on Saturday.
